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boehner failed to push blue his plan b and then encured the wrath by not bringing a superstorm sandy bill to a vote. >> the republican leadership has turned backs on new yorkers. >> the democrats still control the senate, the republicans the house. but the new congress is different, more win, more minority and the call, at least to come together. >> to work in friendship and partnership to live up to the legacy of our founders and our aspirations of our constituents. >> that bipartisan saw a display today senator returned after a year abs sense after a stroke and made his way up the steps to get back to work. the nation hoping the rest of congress can do the same. they face a real laundry list of top issues. you have the debt, obamacare sequestration, immigration, all of them but congress gets back to work tomorrow and they are screded to take their first vote -- squeded to take their first vote of the sandy relief package. >> thank you. among the new members sworn into today tim kaine to take the oat of office. jim web is was on hand today swearing in he defeated george allen for th
boehner failed to push blue his plan b and then encured the wrath by not bringing a superstorm sandy bill to a vote. >> the republican leadership has turned backs on new yorkers. >> the democrats still control the senate, the republicans the house. but the new congress is different, more win, more minority and the call, at least to come together. >> to work in friendship and partnership to live up to the legacy of our founders and our aspirations of our constituents. >>...
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. >> mason: northeast republicans blast their own party from speaker boehner on down for failing to pass a sandy relief package. elaine quijano is covering. over the cliff and back. nancy cordes and wyatt andrews on the new year's night budget deal and how a tax break for racetracks got in it. obesity is a health risk. but researchers now say being a little overweight could reduce your risk of dying. dr. jon lapook with a surprising new report. and she was one of the most popular sickers ever. remembering patti page. ♪ i was dancing with my darling to the tennessee waltz ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley>> mason: good evening, scott's off tonight. the sigh of relief that came when the house passed the fiscal cliff deal was soon drowned out by a roar of anger. governors chris christie of new jersey and andrew cuomo of new york along with senators and house members from those states blasted house speaker john boehner today for putting off a vote on aid for victims of superstorm sandy. we have three reports on all this tonight. fir
. >> mason: northeast republicans blast their own party from speaker boehner on down for failing to pass a sandy relief package. elaine quijano is covering. over the cliff and back. nancy cordes and wyatt andrews on the new year's night budget deal and how a tax break for racetracks got in it. obesity is a health risk. but researchers now say being a little overweight could reduce your risk of dying. dr. jon lapook with a surprising new report. and she was one of the most popular sickers...
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you got john boehner here trying to corral the cass on the house floor, he seems to be the moderate, and if there's any take away from the election mitt thromney lost, it's because theh republicans are so far rightfar that they need to come more to the middle, but the republican party is dissing john boehnerhn who is kind of in the middle? >> he got in trouble because of that sandy relief, and chrischri christie called him out, andan boehner backed down on sandy,o but overall, the republican party is not unified, and we sa that with the fiscal cliff deall senate republicans struck a deal with joe biden, it passed the senate, and house republicans said no way.wa we're not going for that. they thought about amending it and spend yesterday graspingte with what rdthey should do.sh. they voted on the senate bill, which by the way was passed in the middle of the night. the text of the bill had not been released, and there was no score of this measure that cost $4 trillion.llio >> so is this sort of an indicatirton of where the republican party is at? after this election, and now with these
you got john boehner here trying to corral the cass on the house floor, he seems to be the moderate, and if there's any take away from the election mitt thromney lost, it's because theh republicans are so far rightfar that they need to come more to the middle, but the republican party is dissing john boehnerhn who is kind of in the middle? >> he got in trouble because of that sandy relief, and chrischri christie called him out, andan boehner backed down on sandy,o but overall, the...
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is dually elected speaker of the house of represents for the 113th congress. >> john boehner won another two-year term, another chance to help with the congress'
is dually elected speaker of the house of represents for the 113th congress. >> john boehner won another two-year term, another chance to help with the congress'
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i'm with them. >> reporter: boehner says he pulled the bill because of scheduling problems, but some members of congress questioned how the $60 billion aid package would be spent. new york congressman peter king, a republican, would have none of it. >> congressional republicans never have any trouble finding new york city or new york when it comes to raising money. well, you know, this is a two- way street, and if they're not going to help us, why should we even think of helping them? >> reporter: this afternoon, congressional leaders announced they would vote friday on funding for flood insurance, but a vote on the bulk of the aid has been pushed to january 15. new york governor andrew cuomo: >> well, go ask any family if the delay bothers them. yes. the length of time is already too long, and the federal assistance can make a major difference. >> reporter: speaker boehner met with g.o.p. lawmakers from new york and new jersey late this afternoon. afterwards, congressman peter king called it a "positive meeting," and, anthony, he said he now believes that the region's storm victims
i'm with them. >> reporter: boehner says he pulled the bill because of scheduling problems, but some members of congress questioned how the $60 billion aid package would be spent. new york congressman peter king, a republican, would have none of it. >> congressional republicans never have any trouble finding new york city or new york when it comes to raising money. well, you know, this is a two- way street, and if they're not going to help us, why should we even think of helping...
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what was john boehner thinking? chris christie said he refused to return his phone calls, four phone calls. >> i think it was a mistake on the speaker's part to not schedule that vote. if there's one thing i learned working over the past 20 years is never fight over disaster assistance. i think it was really high tension getting through the fiscal cliff negotiations and trying to get that legislation passed and i think that's what i will chalk it up to, but i think the speaker is trying to correct it and he will and i think he's going to be re-elected today. >> the other thing the speaker says is i'm not going to talk to the president. given the fact that he became marginalized in the talks over the fiscal cliff, how does he stay relevant? >> well, he is relevant because of the three things that are coming that you know very well, chris, the sequestration, the three-month day and the debt ceiling itself. we've got serious issues to take care of in the next two months. we haven't begun. what happened two days ago did
what was john boehner thinking? chris christie said he refused to return his phone calls, four phone calls. >> i think it was a mistake on the speaker's part to not schedule that vote. if there's one thing i learned working over the past 20 years is never fight over disaster assistance. i think it was really high tension getting through the fiscal cliff negotiations and trying to get that legislation passed and i think that's what i will chalk it up to, but i think the speaker is trying...
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washington alcanzÓ cifra record tambiÉn en un encuentro con legisladores hispanos el vicepresidente john boehner reiterÓ el compromiso del gobierno para sacar de la sombra a millÓn de indocumentados. >>> liliana amplÍa. >>> a solo un aÑo de haber llegado a la capital estadounidense del salvador carla tiene esperanzas puestas en el nuevo congreso. >>> de que estemos en este paÍs ya sin estar escondiendo y tener un trabajo que no vamos ser discriminad discriminados. detener muchas oportunidades que aÚn nosotros no podemos tener simple por ti no tener lo oportunidad de tener papel. >>>. >>> para ella un nuevo congreso con representaciÓn latina se acerca a una soluciÓn permanente. garcÍa que forma parte del comitÉ judicial, viene de terminado a cambiar el sistema. >>> vamos resolver el problema todo de una y para todos, para el beneficio el paÍs, lo vamos hacer a pedazo es contraproducente lo que alarga es el sufrimiento. >>> a pesar de diferencio de ideas este es tal vez uno de los pocos puntos de uniÓn entre legisladores de la fwloouf la vieja guardia. >>> creo que hace falta lograr un
washington alcanzÓ cifra record tambiÉn en un encuentro con legisladores hispanos el vicepresidente john boehner reiterÓ el compromiso del gobierno para sacar de la sombra a millÓn de indocumentados. >>> liliana amplÍa. >>> a solo un aÑo de haber llegado a la capital estadounidense del salvador carla tiene esperanzas puestas en el nuevo congreso. >>> de que estemos en este paÍs ya sin estar escondiendo y tener un trabajo que no vamos ser discriminad...
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. >> has boehner released a statement? we know he's meeting with fellow republicans. has he said anything publicly about it? is he surprised this is coming about today? >> we haven't gotten anything like that, but we have heard from one of his aids that they intend it to make this the first priority. that's the message they put out right now. i would expect that we're going to get more material from them as the day wears on. i have a feeling they want to meet with members outraged over this, talk to them, and then see if they have a statement after that. that's just my guess. i think that we will learn a lot more about what happened and hopefully why they didn't take the vote last night. >> thank you so much. the president is weighing in on this. the superstorm sandy relief bill controversy. he said when tragedy strikes, americans come together it to sppt those in need. i urge republicans in the house of representatives to do the same, bring this important request to a vote today and pass it without delay for our fellow am
. >> has boehner released a statement? we know he's meeting with fellow republicans. has he said anything publicly about it? is he surprised this is coming about today? >> we haven't gotten anything like that, but we have heard from one of his aids that they intend it to make this the first priority. that's the message they put out right now. i would expect that we're going to get more material from them as the day wears on. i have a feeling they want to meet with members outraged...
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president obama is simply not buying boehner's math. >> the reason that boehner hasn't called a vote on it is because he doesn't want to see the government shutdown end at the moment unless he is able to extract concessions that don't have anything to do with the budget. >> reporter: an analysis by abc news knows there are in fact enough votes in the house to pass a continuing resolution without having to take apart obama care. >>> three soldiers are in custody for the fatal stabbing of another soldier. 20-year-old kevin geike was killed on saturday during a confrontation with a group of african-american soldiers. three of them have been booked for his murder. investigators want to know whether the stabbing was racially motivated. >>> colorado movie theater massacre suspect james holmes will be back in court today. his attorneys are battling prosecutors over several pieces of evidence and whether or not they are admissible at trial. >> reporter: this is what james holmes look like when he appeared last monday. he will start two weeks in court where his attorneys will try to get the j
president obama is simply not buying boehner's math. >> the reason that boehner hasn't called a vote on it is because he doesn't want to see the government shutdown end at the moment unless he is able to extract concessions that don't have anything to do with the budget. >> reporter: an analysis by abc news knows there are in fact enough votes in the house to pass a continuing resolution without having to take apart obama care. >>> three soldiers are in custody for the...
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leaving boehner deserted by two-thirds of his caucus just tuesday, as they voted against him. of the 112 congress, and today. he won a second term as speaker, and boehner, cried tears of joy. >> we're sent here not to be something, but to to something. or as i like to call it doing the right thing. it is a big job, and it comes with big challenges. >> one of the loudest voices in yesterday's republican rebellion was new york congressman peter king, who blasted boehner for not holding a vote on sandy relief, accusing the speaker of taking out this function within the leadership ranks on the state of new york, and telling voters to stop donating money to his party, he today reversed himself. >> john is a voice of reason in our conference, despite when things i said yesterday, i do consider john boehner a friend, which is what really hurt the other day. lou: king reversing himself after boehner agreed to hold a vote on a scaled back version of sandy relief, and new jersey governor chris christie, saying as governor he has actual responsibilities unlike the people in congress, but
leaving boehner deserted by two-thirds of his caucus just tuesday, as they voted against him. of the 112 congress, and today. he won a second term as speaker, and boehner, cried tears of joy. >> we're sent here not to be something, but to to something. or as i like to call it doing the right thing. it is a big job, and it comes with big challenges. >> one of the loudest voices in yesterday's republican rebellion was new york congressman peter king, who blasted boehner for not...
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house majority and their speaker, john boehner. i called the speaker four times last night after 11:20 and he did not take my calls. >> the dismissive attitude that was shown last night toward new york, new jersey and connecticut typifies, i believe, a strain in the republican party. this should not be the republican party, this should not be the republican leadership. >> under pressure the speaker issued a joint statement with eric cantor, saying getting critical aid to victims of hurricane sandy should be the first priority in the enough congress. and he scheduled two votes on sandy relief bills, the first set for tomorrow, the second for january 15th. >>in i wa ii iin i want to go b word. how can you vote for a speak who are has a dismissive and cavalier attitude toward your people? >> john boehner made the right decision and he agreed to put it on the calendar. if we're going to carry grudges the rest of our lives, we'll never get anything done. >> jerry nadler took to the floor yesterday to blast the speaker on sandy relief. a
house majority and their speaker, john boehner. i called the speaker four times last night after 11:20 and he did not take my calls. >> the dismissive attitude that was shown last night toward new york, new jersey and connecticut typifies, i believe, a strain in the republican party. this should not be the republican party, this should not be the republican leadership. >> under pressure the speaker issued a joint statement with eric cantor, saying getting critical aid to victims of...
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and the eventual reelection of speaker boehner and what lies ahd for this 113th congress. israel racing to reinforce its border with syria as assad continues his assaulted on his people, knesset speaker is joining us tonight. resolving to cut taxes, and reform with a cast of characters, leading our nation that cast is unchanged. fox news chief congressional correspondent with the report. >> john boehner of state of ohio having received a majority of votes cast is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> reporter: after a bruising end of his first term, john boehner has been voted to serve another two years, three members voted for eric cantor. >> with hope for the future of our country, i present the people's gavel to the speaker of the house. >> reporter: after winning the gave emotional boehner told them new and old. the job ahead will be difficult. >> our national debt is draining free enterprise and weakening. >> reporter: the speaker made it clear he intends to lead. >> public service was never meant to be an easy living, extraordinary challenges, an
and the eventual reelection of speaker boehner and what lies ahd for this 113th congress. israel racing to reinforce its border with syria as assad continues his assaulted on his people, knesset speaker is joining us tonight. resolving to cut taxes, and reform with a cast of characters, leading our nation that cast is unchanged. fox news chief congressional correspondent with the report. >> john boehner of state of ohio having received a majority of votes cast is dually elected speaker of...
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the president tried to walk down the aisle with boehner twice. and boehner couldn't deliver. he cannot control his caucus. now whether anybody could is another question. >> you know what scrambled eggs are. >> yes. >> are you in the position, aamongst scrambling all of these eggs, because a viewer has to understand this, one of the things that obama did, well, he dispatched biden out there -- >> what is obama's problem right mow? what is it going into this? >> what is going into it is republicans didn't watch tax hikes on the rich but obama wanted this whole raft of special interest tax credits for wind, for algae energy, for nascar and hollywood, got tax credits out of this bill. >> the college credits. the day care. >> the obama push, if you look at just the business ones, leave aside the individual ones, there is more money, 70 billion in business tax credits, so that is revenue lost, than he gained in his tax hike to the rich, which was only 60 billion, over one year. and so obama had this disparate view where he wanted to raise taxes on the rich but he also wanted to cut
the president tried to walk down the aisle with boehner twice. and boehner couldn't deliver. he cannot control his caucus. now whether anybody could is another question. >> you know what scrambled eggs are. >> yes. >> are you in the position, aamongst scrambling all of these eggs, because a viewer has to understand this, one of the things that obama did, well, he dispatched biden out there -- >> what is obama's problem right mow? what is it going into this? >> what...
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john boehner hadn't had such a good couple of weeks. will it be senator mcconnell again who managed to kind of deal with joe biden? don't forget senator connell is up for reelection and is afraid of republicans running to his right will it be eric kantor? we see the same leadership, but we are not actually sure who is going to be cutting these deals if deals are going to be cut. another name is paul ryan voted for the fiscal cliff deal to the disappointment of many conservatives. he now becomes somebody as chairman of the budget committee who can cut these. >> you have to give mitch connell. he may be up for reelection and worried about a primary. he stood firm and worked out the deal with joe biden, the vice president of the united states and delivered an 89-8 lopsided majority. >> it took him less than a week. today he had an op ed he wrote talking about the spending cuts saying we are not going to give and didn't do that tax deal. he kind of comes to us. >> the tax increases we are talking about spending cuts. woo will have more late
john boehner hadn't had such a good couple of weeks. will it be senator mcconnell again who managed to kind of deal with joe biden? don't forget senator connell is up for reelection and is afraid of republicans running to his right will it be eric kantor? we see the same leadership, but we are not actually sure who is going to be cutting these deals if deals are going to be cut. another name is paul ryan voted for the fiscal cliff deal to the disappointment of many conservatives. he now becomes...
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look, i have been a defender of john boehner. i think he did an exceptional job when he was minority leader in 2009 and 2010, paul, really giving very strong principled opposition to the kind of policies that barack obama was promoting at that time, the stimulus bill, obamacare, and so on, holding the republican caucus in line on principled grounds. i think where republicans need to go now is look, we know barack obama is looking at governing from the left. we've seen that just the last few weeks, i think that republicans have to be very principled in opposing those policies and paul, one other thing, they have to get back to the growth message. isn't it interesting that in the last five weeks, nobody, neither party, has really been talking about what's good for the economy, how do we grow jobs and make the private sector more prosperous? >> well, steve goes back to 2009 and 10. 2011 and 12 weren't good for the republican house in terms of tangible accomplishments, they were great on liberal governments, but all you could say for
look, i have been a defender of john boehner. i think he did an exceptional job when he was minority leader in 2009 and 2010, paul, really giving very strong principled opposition to the kind of policies that barack obama was promoting at that time, the stimulus bill, obamacare, and so on, holding the republican caucus in line on principled grounds. i think where republicans need to go now is look, we know barack obama is looking at governing from the left. we've seen that just the last few...
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the loser clearly being speaker boehner. yet a bad beginning of the year. >> the voters send them across the washingtons and make sure that they get every benefit that the government has available to them. they some republicans to washington to make sure that they will not have to pay. both parties keeping promises. they will much such a single gray hair on that beautiful hair of social security or medicare. dog or a. wieters locked in the bush tax cuts which democrats, as a matter of faith and principal, argued against for 10 years and you just made them, except for the top 1.5%, the law of the land in perpetuity. >> perpetuity until the next congress. >> they said permanently and i do not see any republican voting to increase. >> mitch mcconnell out of desperation calling in joe biden to get this done. when i first came to washington, that is how things got going. this is a good thing, isn't it? >> it was at a critical point when he was able to step in and focused help broker a deal. that is polics i washington. you do not
the loser clearly being speaker boehner. yet a bad beginning of the year. >> the voters send them across the washingtons and make sure that they get every benefit that the government has available to them. they some republicans to washington to make sure that they will not have to pay. both parties keeping promises. they will much such a single gray hair on that beautiful hair of social security or medicare. dog or a. wieters locked in the bush tax cuts which democrats, as a matter of...
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he said after the meeting he had with the speaker, john boehner, boehner promised this vote beginning on friday, then in the middle of the month gave him an olive branch. peter king, who had been very critical earlier in the day, all of a sudden he seemed to be reassured. do you think that reassurance is justified? >> i'm not entirely sure. i do think -- look, i know john boehner has been preoccupied. we all know that. but it seems to me there's a great -- miss of if nothing else a real moment to come out a little bit like a hero. it's just tone deaf. whatever the practicalities are, that this involving hurricane sandy would get pushed aside. i mean, you know, look at the martens. i mean, the family you just had on. they lost their house. there are so many people here in new york still without power. you know, it's still an ongoing problem, and it's been maybe it's not at the forefront anymore, but it seems to me that there are just -- even the optics of it would be perceived by most people. so that's what to me seems most surprising here. >> all right. everybody stay put. don't go an
he said after the meeting he had with the speaker, john boehner, boehner promised this vote beginning on friday, then in the middle of the month gave him an olive branch. peter king, who had been very critical earlier in the day, all of a sudden he seemed to be reassured. do you think that reassurance is justified? >> i'm not entirely sure. i do think -- look, i know john boehner has been preoccupied. we all know that. but it seems to me there's a great -- miss of if nothing else a real...
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boehner was re-elected thursday with 220 votes. though he had overwhelming support from the gop ten conservative lawmakers voted for someone other than boehner during a roll call vote. and some sustained altogether. boehner reminded voters to stay focused on public service and not personal glory. >> if you've come here to see your name in the lights or to pass off political victory at some accomplishment, you've come to the wrong place. the door's right behind you. >> boehner says he plans to focus on the federal defit during this term. >>> one of the first items of business for speaker boehner an aid package for hurricane sandy victims. later this morning, the house will vote on a $9.7 billion bill to replenish the national flood insurance program to provide relief for home and business owners flooded out by the storm. fema says it will run out of money next week if congress doesn't give it additional buying authority. boehner faced bipartisan criticism this week for failing to bring the measure to the floor. >> students who atten
boehner was re-elected thursday with 220 votes. though he had overwhelming support from the gop ten conservative lawmakers voted for someone other than boehner during a roll call vote. and some sustained altogether. boehner reminded voters to stay focused on public service and not personal glory. >> if you've come here to see your name in the lights or to pass off political victory at some accomplishment, you've come to the wrong place. the door's right behind you. >> boehner says...
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republican congressman peter king says it is all speaker boehner's fault. >> speaker boehner is the one. he walked off the floor. he refused to toll us why. refused to give us any indication or warning whatsoever. i'm saying anyone from new york and new jersey who contributes one penny to the republican congressional campaign committee should have their head examined. i would not give one penny to these people based on what they did to us last night. i would say -- i'm talking about the people in my neighborhood that i see, people are out of homes, people are living in devastated homes, people without jobs, people lost their businesses, their clothing, their life-long possessions. absolutely disgraceful. people in my party, they wonder why they're becoming a minority people. they're writing off new york. their writing off new jersey. they have written me off and they'll have a hard time getting my vote. i can tell you that. >> let's go to governor christie speaking right now. >> -- were damaged or destroyed. nearly 7 million new jerseyians were without power, some for up to 14 days. nea
republican congressman peter king says it is all speaker boehner's fault. >> speaker boehner is the one. he walked off the floor. he refused to toll us why. refused to give us any indication or warning whatsoever. i'm saying anyone from new york and new jersey who contributes one penny to the republican congressional campaign committee should have their head examined. i would not give one penny to these people based on what they did to us last night. i would say -- i'm talking about the...
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. >> john boehner shot back. quote, the president got his higher tax. $600 billion from higher earners with no spending cuts at the end of 2012. he also got higher taxes via obamacare. the president's sequester is the wrong way to reduce the deficit, but it is here to stay until washington democrats get serious about cutting spending. the government simply cannot keep delaying the inevitable and spending money it doesn't have. unquote. question, president obama wants to pin sequestration on the republicans. speaker boehner calls sequestration, as you saw, quote unquote, the president's sequester. is he right? >> yes, he is right, in that it was proposed by the president and by his folks when they had the budget impasse, as a way of i say, putting pressure on both sides at some point to deal with it. but our government is so dysfunctional we are at this particular stage now. the problem now is, where do we go from here in terms of this is going to undermine the confidence of the country in the government, and its
. >> john boehner shot back. quote, the president got his higher tax. $600 billion from higher earners with no spending cuts at the end of 2012. he also got higher taxes via obamacare. the president's sequester is the wrong way to reduce the deficit, but it is here to stay until washington democrats get serious about cutting spending. the government simply cannot keep delaying the inevitable and spending money it doesn't have. unquote. question, president obama wants to pin sequestration...
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>> house speaker john boehner had kind of a rough week here. the at a party folks not happy with the deal that he struck >> the president was able to get the speaker to undo everything he had promised he would do >> where are you? mr. speaker, we need leadership. >> tonight i am ashamed, shame on you, mr. speaker. >> jon: republican or democrat, senator or congressman, team edward or team jacob, everyone agrees john boehner sucks. at least we can be assured that as the incoming congress votes for a new speaker of the house, it's clear what the outcome is going to be. >> john boehner won re-election as house speaker today. >> jon: oh, boy. (train whistle blowing) >> jon: welcome back to the show. listen. as you may recall, a couple months ago america was hit by two major disasters. one of them natural, hurricane sandy and one of them somewhat man made the republican majority in the house of representatives. the second of those disasters has made it impossible to clean up the first one >> the $60 billion hurricane sandy aid package. the house adj
>> house speaker john boehner had kind of a rough week here. the at a party folks not happy with the deal that he struck >> the president was able to get the speaker to undo everything he had promised he would do >> where are you? mr. speaker, we need leadership. >> tonight i am ashamed, shame on you, mr. speaker. >> jon: republican or democrat, senator or congressman, team edward or team jacob, everyone agrees john boehner sucks. at least we can be assured that as...
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. >>> tonight house speaker john boehner is the focus of some bipartisan fury after he refused to act on hurricane sandy aid legislation. in october hurricane sandy devastated new york and new jersey. now the fight over recovery funding has erupted into anger on capitol hill. new jersey governor chris christie said house speaker john boehner is not returning his phone calls. >> 66 days and counting. shame on you. shame on congress. >> lawmakers expected a vote on the sandy aid bill late last night after the fiscal cliff deal passed but in a surprise move, boehner pulled the bill. boehner assures lawmakers a vote on sandy aid will happen by january 15th. >>> stress, you know, it's a normal part of our lives but how you hand tell can have a real impact on your health. being constantly stressed out can aid you. in fact, it's the greatest ager of all. chronic stress can do serious damage to you. >> in the short term it increases cortisol and other hormone levels. in other cases it depletes them. it's the delesion, having the chronic stress is aging. it increases our risk for cancers. it i
. >>> tonight house speaker john boehner is the focus of some bipartisan fury after he refused to act on hurricane sandy aid legislation. in october hurricane sandy devastated new york and new jersey. now the fight over recovery funding has erupted into anger on capitol hill. new jersey governor chris christie said house speaker john boehner is not returning his phone calls. >> 66 days and counting. shame on you. shame on congress. >> lawmakers expected a vote on the sandy...
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>> speaker boehner has promised to pick up two more sandy relief bills later on totaling more than $50 billion. >>> justice tonight for a mom and her 11-year-old son murdered by the woman's estranged husband. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan, curtis lopez displayed not a hint of remorse as prosecutors went ahead to detail the incredibly strong case against him. dna, video tape, photo photographs, cell phone records. the murder weapons. and he was the little boy who captured our hearts across the area with vigils and prayers that the 11-year-old would be found alive after police discovered his mom. but after days searching, they found william's battered body dumped in the woods and his mom's husband has now pleaded guilty to murdering both mother and son. >> it's about money, it's about things, about property. >> reporter: the prosecutor did consider seeking the death penalty, but could not make it fit under maryland's complicated rules. sentencing now set for april 17. the big question seems to be life or life without the possibility of parole. in montgomery county, bruce leshan, 9news no
>> speaker boehner has promised to pick up two more sandy relief bills later on totaling more than $50 billion. >>> justice tonight for a mom and her 11-year-old son murdered by the woman's estranged husband. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan, curtis lopez displayed not a hint of remorse as prosecutors went ahead to detail the incredibly strong case against him. dna, video tape, photo photographs, cell phone records. the murder weapons. and he was the little boy who captured...
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this after lawmakers on both sides of the all lashed out to boehner. critics say it contains wasteful spending. but lawmakers say people are suffering and they need help right now. >> only one group to blame, the how george. >> they made the season over the controversy over a fiscal cliff. it wasn't probably to -- obviously that is his decision, we disagreed and made it clear last night, but it's in the past. >> because boehner promised two separate votes. the first on a -- another it's expected -- a dangerous situation at the the flames set on the floor boxes of ammunition, threatening everyone who rushed to help. news4's pat collins is in maryland city, where a disabled man died in this fire. pat? >> reporter: flames, fast moving. would-be rescuers not only had to deal with the fire, they had to deal with gunfire. nobody should have to go through that. neighbors did their best to help. >> i could hear him screaming, i mean, he was trying to get out. i busted through the door, i could see the flames through the window. >> reporter: the man who lives h
this after lawmakers on both sides of the all lashed out to boehner. critics say it contains wasteful spending. but lawmakers say people are suffering and they need help right now. >> only one group to blame, the how george. >> they made the season over the controversy over a fiscal cliff. it wasn't probably to -- obviously that is his decision, we disagreed and made it clear last night, but it's in the past. >> because boehner promised two separate votes. the first on a --...
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house and elected the same ruler for their house, but it's a messy house and still a big mess for john boehner trying to lead that house. tea partiers who made him speaker two years ago don't much like the way they've been treated since. they're not happy. they're not happy with a budget deal of which they insist the speaker cave and the president whose policies they cannot stand won. they're not happy with tax hikes they say didn't have to happen and not happy with spending cuts they argue simply didn't happen. two years after they stormed this city and vowed to stop kicking the can down the road, these one typer caffeinated tea partiers feeling their own can getting kicked and wondering allowed what's down their road. so don't let today's festivities fool you. there is a kettle boiling in that house and its tea partiers not one bit happy what's happened to their house. after all, the fact is, tea partiers are spent. but that does not mean that they're still not stewing. and the tea party and mark mekler, katrina not happy, i mean, obviously there are a lot of tea partiers who did vote for sp
house and elected the same ruler for their house, but it's a messy house and still a big mess for john boehner trying to lead that house. tea partiers who made him speaker two years ago don't much like the way they've been treated since. they're not happy. they're not happy with a budget deal of which they insist the speaker cave and the president whose policies they cannot stand won. they're not happy with tax hikes they say didn't have to happen and not happy with spending cuts they argue...
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we have speaker boehner and he said now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will use it to hold the president accountable for the balanced approach he promised. there at least two big fights ahead. the debt ceiling and the two-month delay. you heard senator lindsay graham saying they saved their powder. are they expecting a tough fight ahead? >> the fight cannot be over the debt limit. it can be over the resolution to effectively shut down the government. it can be over the sequester. those are powerful incentives to work together, but we can't continue to hold the country's economy and full faith in credit costage in russian roulette. the president really has to stand his ground on this. let's fight over the other things, but not put the economy at risk by threatening the full faith and credit of the u.s. government. that's irresponsible. >> the senator was on "morning joe" and said republicans have to be willing to do whatever it takes in the deficit fight. let's take a look at that. >>
we have speaker boehner and he said now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will use it to hold the president accountable for the balanced approach he promised. there at least two big fights ahead. the debt ceiling and the two-month delay. you heard senator lindsay graham saying they saved their powder. are they expecting a tough fight ahead? >> the fight cannot be over the debt limit. it can be over the resolution to...
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they forgot who to serve and why. >> reporter: boehner scrambled to repair the damage. he promised a house vote on a $9 billion package on friday and the remaining $51 billion on january 15th. that was enough for some. >> this procedure that's laid out is fully acceptable and fully satisfactory. this will give us the full $60 billion. >> reporter: superstorm sandy nearly knocked this house in breezy point, new york, off its foundation and most who live here are still not back in their homes. >> this is people's lives. this is not a political football. >> reporter: joseph izzo's home was damaged by the storm. he call's congress's inaction disgraceful given other hurricanes' response. >> how can you not act on this when you think about irene and how quickly they reacted. why now this political turmoil? >> reporter: izzo says he hopes congress will do the right thing on friday and approve the money. marlie hall, cbs news, breezy point, new york. >>> under some very tight security, the children of sandy hooks elementary school returned to sclas today for the first time sinc
they forgot who to serve and why. >> reporter: boehner scrambled to repair the damage. he promised a house vote on a $9 billion package on friday and the remaining $51 billion on january 15th. that was enough for some. >> this procedure that's laid out is fully acceptable and fully satisfactory. this will give us the full $60 billion. >> reporter: superstorm sandy nearly knocked this house in breezy point, new york, off its foundation and most who live here are still not back...
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it's a wonder that boehner didn't drop the "f" bomb more. the irony here is boehner could lose the job trying to make a deal. harry reid will likely keep his job. boehner is a bore for being blunt and telling the other guy to his face, but reid is an angel for being phony. and referring to rip the other guy only behind his back. this isn't about a speaker losing it. this little exchange is more about a phony decorum that tries to hide it. what is weird is both like boehner an cantor are called fiscal stiffs on the cover of the "new york daily news" for having serious issues with a rescue bill for sandy victims because it wasn't going to just sandy victims. but democrats happy to sign a $60 billion blank check are saints, saying they are happy to tap it to repair smithsonian museum roof and plant trees in ohio. untold millions for items with nothing to do with sandy. not exactly dancing. it's a wonder boehner didn't curse more. more of a wonder why the media didn't wish he did. that is not fair and not right. it's wrong. would it kill us to g
it's a wonder that boehner didn't drop the "f" bomb more. the irony here is boehner could lose the job trying to make a deal. harry reid will likely keep his job. boehner is a bore for being blunt and telling the other guy to his face, but reid is an angel for being phony. and referring to rip the other guy only behind his back. this isn't about a speaker losing it. this little exchange is more about a phony decorum that tries to hide it. what is weird is both like boehner an cantor...
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which means that speaker boehner has to bring up immigration reform tomorrow if he is going to bring it up this session at all. supporters have been fasting for a month now on the national mall in washington, d.c., they've gone without food, they have been talking to everybody who stops by about what they are fasting for. they have been visited by the president, by members of congress from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, they say they have twice rain to house speaker john boehner personally but they have not heard back from him. yesterday they posted this picture of the activists trying to talk to speaker boehner, asking him to please allow a vote in the house before the session is over. dana milbank at "the washington post" reports that unless john boehner surprises everybody and agrees to bring the bill up for a vote, those people who have been fasting on the mall in d.c. are planning to announce that they will be folding up their tents there and they will be moving to on to new strategies. it would be one thing if immigration reform was just a democratic priori
which means that speaker boehner has to bring up immigration reform tomorrow if he is going to bring it up this session at all. supporters have been fasting for a month now on the national mall in washington, d.c., they've gone without food, they have been talking to everybody who stops by about what they are fasting for. they have been visited by the president, by members of congress from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, they say they have twice rain to house speaker john...
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boehner's promised to do it. i can't tell him how to run the house, and he's not trying to tell us how to run the city. he's got to decide when it makes some sense to bring it up. he's committed to get it done. we will get the money, and we'll use it intelligently and recover. >> so there you heard the mayor confident this is going to go through. that's certainly what's expected. >> also, when you look at this new house, when you literally look at this new house, more women, people of color, gays and lesbians in the new congress. these groups make up a majority of the democratic caucus. is there a sense that the new demographics of the house will influence what happens with legislative issues like violence against women act, lgbt rights and the like? >> it certainly makes sense it would. you had a few new members talking about the diversity. minority leader nancy pelosi highlighting it. the most women ever. record number of latinos. this is certainly going to influence the kinds of things the members of congress
boehner's promised to do it. i can't tell him how to run the house, and he's not trying to tell us how to run the city. he's got to decide when it makes some sense to bring it up. he's committed to get it done. we will get the money, and we'll use it intelligently and recover. >> so there you heard the mayor confident this is going to go through. that's certainly what's expected. >> also, when you look at this new house, when you literally look at this new house, more women, people...
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so speaker boehner once again decided to forego the hastert rule. that's how they got the sandy emergency aid bill passed. look again at the votes. republican "yes" votes for the disaster bill: 49. republican "no" votes for that bill: 179. that bill was dead on arrival under the hastert rule. the republican caucus couldn't support it, wouldn't support it, and we would be without any help now if they followed the hastert rule. on the democratic side, what was the vote on the hurricane sandy bill? 192 yes votes to 1 no vote. the final count, 241 ayes, 180 nays, the bill passed, but about three quarters of the support came from democratic votes. if the speaker had imposed the hastert rule, not only would we be off the fiscal cliff, but we'd have failed at providing disaster relief for hurricane sandy. the only reason that these critical pieces of legislation avoided the fate of the highway bill, of the farm bill, is that the speaker didn't follow the hastert rule. he couldn't follow the hastert rule because he wouldn't have been able to pass legislatio
so speaker boehner once again decided to forego the hastert rule. that's how they got the sandy emergency aid bill passed. look again at the votes. republican "yes" votes for the disaster bill: 49. republican "no" votes for that bill: 179. that bill was dead on arrival under the hastert rule. the republican caucus couldn't support it, wouldn't support it, and we would be without any help now if they followed the hastert rule. on the democratic side, what was the vote on the...
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we can't wait for the next congress. >> reporter: speaker boehner told republicans there will ab vote friday and the rest by january 15th. >> congressman peter king said the speaker of the house john boehner promised aid to victims will be coming up january 15 and there's a scheduled vote for friday and another one on the 15th for the remaining i'd. >>> if you want maryland's most accurate forecast right there in the palm of your hand any time day or night, just search abc2 in the apple apps store. >>> the health of our bay improved slightly last year. a report found underwarted grasses were the only bay health indicators that worsened. grab and oxygen levels got bet better. the the bay is still dangerously out of balance. strategies are starting to work. >>> an oil drilling rig is threatening the environment in alaska. it is new grounded on an island, killing more than 150,000 gallons of fuel and other petroleum products. it's not clear how much was spilled. teams are working to contain any environmental damage. >>> pennsylvania's governor is taking issue with ncaa sanctions against
we can't wait for the next congress. >> reporter: speaker boehner told republicans there will ab vote friday and the rest by january 15th. >> congressman peter king said the speaker of the house john boehner promised aid to victims will be coming up january 15 and there's a scheduled vote for friday and another one on the 15th for the remaining i'd. >>> if you want maryland's most accurate forecast right there in the palm of your hand any time day or night, just search abc2...
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john boehner and barack obama, john boehner and harry reid. there's just not a warmth of barack obama in congress generally, democrats and republicans. so that complicates what is already going to be a difficult policy and political fight, the lack of sort of trust that exists, that's always been the core of how these things ultimately got done and it's just not there. >> chris, the president will have a lot of time to call them over for chats because he's not going to asia this weekend. that does it for us for this edition of quts andrea mitchell reports." msnbc will follow every detail of the shutdown and any negotiations that take place, you'll have it here. follow the show at mitchell reports on twitter. >> hi, andrea, have a great weekend. new information on the mother who led police on the deadly chase through the nation's capitol, including the delusions investigators say may have driven her to those actions. plus, we'll have an update on her child. capitol hill police applauded for their quick response in the middle of the shutdown, wh
john boehner and barack obama, john boehner and harry reid. there's just not a warmth of barack obama in congress generally, democrats and republicans. so that complicates what is already going to be a difficult policy and political fight, the lack of sort of trust that exists, that's always been the core of how these things ultimately got done and it's just not there. >> chris, the president will have a lot of time to call them over for chats because he's not going to asia this weekend....
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don't you agree that it is a huge mistake for house speaker john boehner not to bring this to the floor for a vote? >> i think we are going to see immigration this year. my focus right now is to make sure that we elevate this issue which is why i support it. isles an important issue to my family, an important issue to my community and i think it's going to contribute to the greatness of america. so the more that we can elevate this debate and make sure that it's brought up this year, i think the country's going to be in a better place for it. >> what good reason is there to not just bring the bill up for a vote? >> we have to make sure that we have bipartisan pup sort. it can't be a republican or a democrat bill. it really needs to be a bipartisan bill. >> you by definition make it bipartisan, it is a bipart san bill, you're here. >> but it's important to get 218 votes first. working with my democratic colleagues, they have obviously shown that they can support this bill, 185 co-sponsors already. now it's time to get a number of republicans on board. it's my mission to go out and talk t
don't you agree that it is a huge mistake for house speaker john boehner not to bring this to the floor for a vote? >> i think we are going to see immigration this year. my focus right now is to make sure that we elevate this issue which is why i support it. isles an important issue to my family, an important issue to my community and i think it's going to contribute to the greatness of america. so the more that we can elevate this debate and make sure that it's brought up this year, i...
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boehner said today public life isn't supposed to be easy soing. toncy pelosi, leader of the democrats, presented him with the speaker's gavel. as you know, pelosi was the airst woman to be elected house theaker in 2007, and now today, the senate has made history with fircord number of women. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. y wreporter: when 13 new senators took the oath today, r:ve of them were woman. those five bring the rank of women senators to 20, fully one- fifth of a legislative body that was all male as recently as the 1970s. >> but the quality of these women is so incredible. as allorter: democrat heidi heitkamp is a new senator from north dakota. >> i'm hoping it will mean this dedy becomes more collaborative, more willing to compromise. dakoporter: the last time five women were elected to the senate co in 1992, and it was dubbed tehe year of the woman." maryland democrat barbara mikulski was one of them. >> it was forbidden for women to wear trousers on the senate em.or. rsen i stepped out in my slacks, you would have thought that i was
boehner said today public life isn't supposed to be easy soing. toncy pelosi, leader of the democrats, presented him with the speaker's gavel. as you know, pelosi was the airst woman to be elected house theaker in 2007, and now today, the senate has made history with fircord number of women. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. y wreporter: when 13 new senators took the oath today, r:ve of them were woman. those five bring the rank of women senators to 20, fully one- fifth of a legislative body...
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i consider myself a personal friend of john boehner and john boehner personally has been very helpful to me over the years. it pains me to say the fact is the dismissive attitude that was shown last night toward new york, new jersey and connecticut typifies i believe a strain in the republican party pip kn. i know this is not the place to discuss politics but that politics seeps over to a governmental decision that was made. >> peter king is angry at his own party over their lack of funding of sandy relief. and congressman barney frank joins me live on his last day on the job. what does he think about leaving behind perhaps the least productive congress ever? you don't want to miss all of that. for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice a
i consider myself a personal friend of john boehner and john boehner personally has been very helpful to me over the years. it pains me to say the fact is the dismissive attitude that was shown last night toward new york, new jersey and connecticut typifies i believe a strain in the republican party pip kn. i know this is not the place to discuss politics but that politics seeps over to a governmental decision that was made. >> peter king is angry at his own party over their lack of...
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they said, damn, that boehner just looked like a petulant child behind him. so they're picking up on regular people picking up on the body language. they also understand the republican party, brand if tself right now is much more about obstruction. they don't stand for something that is, you know, a policy area. especially on the economy that they agree with. >> i think democrats may have benefited. you heard president obama in the state of the union talking about raising minimum wage to $9. probably won't happen. that tab low of seeing democrats stand and cheer at the $9 and republicans sit and say essentially they wouldn't want that -- chris: gained them. >> gained them. they have a credible argument. chris: but they looked like 47% haters again. >> you hear from smart republicans we have to get over obama. we're never going to run against him again. at the state of the union they didn't seem to be over obama at all. it was not just boehner but how much rubio's speech, forget about the water, how much rubio's speech sounded like an election year speech. chr
they said, damn, that boehner just looked like a petulant child behind him. so they're picking up on regular people picking up on the body language. they also understand the republican party, brand if tself right now is much more about obstruction. they don't stand for something that is, you know, a policy area. especially on the economy that they agree with. >> i think democrats may have benefited. you heard president obama in the state of the union talking about raising minimum wage to...
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are you saying that john boehner abandoned his core beliefs. high is clear he hasn't abandoned the core beliefs . it is it really despicicable that speaker peel peel had five people that negotiated all of the deals and the other people in congress were there to vote and raise money . if he's speaker things will be different and not the back room negotiations and since he's been reminded of that. i am going to go back and do what i promised. >> have you had a chance to speak. have you talked to the speaker since you voted and will there be hell to pay for not for him? >> he smiled and asked how a was doing and i was cordial to him and remember, after i nominated newt a couple of months ago. i know he loves me because he told the conference i love you, lou ie. >> it makes me feel good all over. >> and a lot of conservatives are angry over the fiscal . most colleagues didn't read the bill. do you think the house gop has the will to stand against the speppeding cuts going forward. >> i believe that the house has the political will for whatever the
are you saying that john boehner abandoned his core beliefs. high is clear he hasn't abandoned the core beliefs . it is it really despicicable that speaker peel peel had five people that negotiated all of the deals and the other people in congress were there to vote and raise money . if he's speaker things will be different and not the back room negotiations and since he's been reminded of that. i am going to go back and do what i promised. >> have you had a chance to speak. have you...
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john boehner didn't put superstorm sandy aid to a vote tuesday stirring up outrage, but boehner was reelected speaker. with the looming debt ceiling crisis lawmakers have to figure out where to cut spending which has proved not to be an easy task with partisan politics at play. >> we have to be able to take back common ground. we all agree we've got to deal with the national debt. we've got to deal with our deficits. >> the president needs to show up early this time. the american people will not tolerate the kind of last minute crisis that we've seen again and again over the last four years. >> reporter: in washington i'm sandra nedo. >>> a familiar face returning to work to a round of applause today. senator mark kirk back for the first time since he suffered a debilitating stroke almost one year ago. vice president joe biden and senator joe manchin stood by the illinois republican as had he to use a four-pronged cane to climb those 45 steps to the capitol. senator kirk had to learn to walk again after that stroke. >>> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is in her 11th term up on the hill an
john boehner didn't put superstorm sandy aid to a vote tuesday stirring up outrage, but boehner was reelected speaker. with the looming debt ceiling crisis lawmakers have to figure out where to cut spending which has proved not to be an easy task with partisan politics at play. >> we have to be able to take back common ground. we all agree we've got to deal with the national debt. we've got to deal with our deficits. >> the president needs to show up early this time. the american...